---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-21-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T19:54:57.873448+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q3 net sales up 18.1% to $1.16B; adj EBITDA up 1.8% to $167.4M

## Summary
- Net income from cont ops $35.9M vs $137.6M year ago, hit by prior year gains on Energizer stock and debt extinguishment.
- Adjusted EPS from cont ops $1.57, up 15.4% vs $1.36; gross margin down 40 bps on higher freight and input costs.
- HHI segment sales +48.8% to $419M; HPC sales +9.5%, GPC +6.5%, H&G +0.7%.
- Closed Rejuvenate acquisition for ~$300M on May 28; repurchased $10.2M of shares in Q3.
- Reiterated FY2021 guidance: mid-teens net sales and adj EBITDA growth, adj free cash flow $260-280M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-21-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917721000040/0000109177-21-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917721000040/spb-20210806.htm

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